Category : 8000ers

Legendary Slovenian Climber Davo Karnicar Dead

Ash Routen

17/09/2019

8000ers Everest High altitude skiing Skiing

Climber and extreme skier Davo Karnicar has died at age 56 in a freak accident. Karnicar was felling trees alone at his workplace in north S...

Breaking: Purja Changes Plans and Hits Cho Oyu First

Angela Benavides

16/09/2019

8000ers

In a sudden tactical change, Nirmal Purja has abandoned Manaslu Base Camp, where he had already reached at least Camp 1, and has switched to...

Himalayan Update: Manaslu Crowds, More Purja Magic Ahead?

Angela Benavides

13/09/2019

8000ers

In recent years, Manaslu has been nicknamed "the Everest of Autumn", both because of its popularity at that time of year and its use as a wa...

Winter K2 Preview: Between Mountain Excellence and Commercialization

Angela Benavides

11/09/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

Winter K2 has become the great unsolved problem of the Himalaya. As such, it has caught the attention of those wishing to "conquer" the ulti...

Autumn Everest: Interview with Garrett Madison

Angela Benavides

10/09/2019

8000ers Everest

For the first time in a decade, post-monsoon Everest -- usually all but empty -- will attract hard-core climbers with ambitious plans. Among...

Sergi Mingote to Climb All 8000’ers Without O2 in 1,000 Days

Angela Benavides

06/09/2019

8000ers

After bagging a record number of six no-O2 8,000m summits in exactly one year and two days between summer 2018 and summer 2019, Sergi Mingot...

Everest Makes a Comeback This Fall

Angela Benavides

04/09/2019

8000ers Everest

For nearly a decade, Everest has stood virtually deserted at this time of the year. Conditions are harder in this post-monsoon season, and l...

Bargiel to Ski Everest Without Oxygen

Ash Routen

29/08/2019

8000ers Everest High altitude skiing

Polish skier Andrzej Bargiel is on his way to Nepal for another 8,000m ski descent, this time down Everest without oxygen. The Pole has p...

Exclusive Interview: Nirmal Purja

Ash Routen

27/08/2019

8000ers Karakorum Mountain

Nirmal Purja, or Nims for short, needs little introduction these days. Over the past few months, he's summited 11 of the 8000'ers in a mere ...

Japanese Duo Scorches New Line on Rakaposhi

Rowan White

21/08/2019

8000ers Karakorum

Kenro Nakajima and Kazuya Hiraide won the coveted Piolet d'Or last year for their difficult first ascent of the northeast face of Shispare. ...

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